Tuole Forum 2019 was held in Tuole Village

PANZHOU, China, Oct. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 15, Tuole Forum 2019 with the theme of "Integrating into 'Belt and Road' Construction and Sharing Benefits of an Open World Economy" was held as scheduled. In 2016, Tuole Forum was held for the first time in Tuole Village. The "golden" village attracts many tourists and a number of international guests for meetings. The leaves of ancient ginkgo trees turn golden yellow in the golden autumn in Tuole Village, Panzhou City, Guizhou Province. Tuole Village has more than 1,000 ginkgo trees over 600 years old, and the oldest tree is over 1,500 years old.

Long Yongtu, Chief Negotiator for China's accession to the World Trade Organization and former Secretary-General of the Boao Forum for Asia, said that the "Belt and Road" initiative is gradually becoming a carrier that can truly benefit countries along the "Belt and Road" and share the benefits of globalization.

Lesotho Ambassador to China, Lechoo Daniel Setenane, said that Lesotho is one of the African countries that signed on to the "Belt and Road" construction, and the Kingdom of Lesotho hopes to cooperate with China in the four key areas of tourism, agriculture, technology and manufacturing.

Qing Boming, Secretary General of China International Friendship Cities Association of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries said that, closer people-to-people ties in the "five-pronged approach" are essential, which requires enterprises to integrate themselves into local culture and jointly promote the "Belt and Road" construction to achieve greater results while participating in the infrastructure construction of countries along the route and providing advanced and high-quality services.

Ke Yinbin, member of the Expert Committee of Belt and Road Forum for Hundreds of People, said that from the perspective of enterprises, there are more enterprises participating in the "Belt and Road" construction.

Wang Zhong, Secretary of the Liupanshui Municipal Committee of the CPC, said that Tuole Forum has gradually introduced the small Tuole Village to the international stage and continuously improved the international image of Liupanshui City and Guizhou Province. Liupanshui is ready to work with all parties to share new opportunities for greater opening-up, further open up "Tuole Forum" and "Tuole Channel", continuously enhance political mutual trust, strengthen strategic alignment, improve substantial economic and trade effectiveness, and expand cultural and people-to-people exchanges, to jointly build the "Belt and Road".